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Great Altcar maps
Historic maps of Great Altcar and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Great Altcar maps
Great Altcar photos
We have no photos of Great Altcar, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Lydiate, Sefton, Crosby, Formby, Blundellsands, Halsall, Freshfield, OrmskirkGreat Altcar books
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The Wirral Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Merseyside Living Memories
Paperback
£14
Liverpool and Merseyside Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
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Memories of Great Altcar
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Merseyside memories
The Army firing ranges at Little Altcar
In 1967 I enlisted with the Territorial Army and served five years with the Royal Corps of Signals. My basic training included learning to shoot with the 762 self loading rifle on the ranges near Hightown. My unit was the 42nd East Lancashire Squadron of the Lancashire and Cheshire Yeomanry which became part of 33rd Signal Regiment under the Army... [more]
Shared on 18 August 2008
Fifty years ago, I was 8 years old and lived in Crosby. Every morning I walked to school (Forefield Lane) along the Northern Road. I used to walk over the roundabout (there wasn't much traffic) and head towards the area where you now see the flats on the right hand side of the photo. I remember when all that... [more]
Shared on 08 January 2008
Just wondering if there are any photo's with regards to a sweet shop on Bridge Road Blundellsands called "Confectioners" and photographs of Merrilocks Road.I also remember a great design house on Burbo Bank Road called "Ramleigh Park".
This was a fantastic build in its time with stables and clock tower. I have searched over the years for an early photo of... [more]
Shared on 28 March 2007
Who remembers a shop in Great Crosby with the names Mary Anne Minnie and Charlotte Louise over the door?
Shared on 28 June 2006
Extracts From Great Altcar & Merseyside books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Great Altcar, inspired by Frith photos.
Liverpool and Merseyside Photographic Memories
This is the original Adelphi Hotel: it was built in c1840 on the site of Adelphi Gardens by the Midland Railway Company, and was in direct competition with the London North Western Railway Hotel, which was further along Lime Street. The hotel we see here had a glass balcony, and a large portico entrance was added at the turn of the... [more]
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Liverpool and Merseyside Photographic Memories
Started in June 1838 to accommodate the Liverpool Music Festival, which was held every four years and had become a very popular event, St George's Hall is one of the greatest buildings in England. The designer Harvey Longsdale Elmes was only 23 when he won the design competition, firstly for the Music Hall and then for new Law Courts for Liverpool;... [more]
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Liverpool and Merseyside Photographic Memories
It was planned that around St George's Hall there would be unbuilt areas so as to show off the Hall, the grandest of the civic buildings. At the back is St John's Gardens, and in front is the open area of St George's Plateau. At the time of our photograph, it contained the equestrian statues of Prince Albert (1866) and Queen... [more]
This is an extract from Liverpool and Merseyside Photographic Memories.
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